Reading, writing, arithmetic and sex-talk in a fifth-grade classroom: Students say a substitute teacher took on a steamy subject.

Two parents and a son gathered around a dining room table to tell WESH 2's Michelle Meredith about the incident. They asked to not be identified.

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"I heard things I never heard before," said the student, who is a fifth-grader at Forsyth Woods Elementary.

On Tuesday, he and other children said they had a substitute teacher who was supposed to be teaching math, but instead was talking about sex.

"[The teacher said] her best friend betrayed her by sleeping with her current boyfriend at the time, things of that nature, which is nobody's business," the student's parent said.

"I was kind of scared at first and kinda grossed out," the student said.

Children told their parents the substitute teacher also made racist comments. When some of the parents contacted the school to complain, they were surprised to learn Orange County Public Schools rely on Kelly Services, a temp agency, to supply substitute teachers.

"This kind of personality, it would have been easy to sit with her and figure out she was not appropriate to be around these kids," the parent said.

Kelly Services said in a statement that their substitute teachers undergo rigorous screening and background checks and get thorough training.